Table of Contents
Foreword I
By Etienne de Harven, MD ... ... . .... ... ...... .... . .. ... .. . . . . .......    11 Foreword II
ByJoachim Mutter, MD..............................................    15 Introduction
Society Under the Spell of a One-Dimensional Microbe Theory    17
Chapter 1 MedicinePresentsaDistortedPictureofMicrobes......................    29
-Microbes:BrandedasScapegoats ..................................    29
-Fungi:AI;intheForest,SointheHumanBody........................    31 -Bacteria:AttheBeginningofAllLife................................    36 -Viruses:LethalMini-Monsters? ....................................    40
Chapter 2 The Microbe Hunters Seize Power .. ....... ... . .. .... . .... .... .... ....    49
-PasteurandKoch: TwoofManyScientificCheats... .. . .... . ... ..... . ..    49 -Scurvy, Beriberi and Pellagra: The Microbe Hunters' Many Defeats. . . . . . . .    54 -Hippocrates, von Pettenkofer, Bircher-Benner: The Wisdom of the Body    . . .    55 -Clustering: How To Make an Epidemic Out of One Infected Patient    . . . . . . .    58 -Polio: Pesticides Such as DDT and Heavy Metals Under Suspicion . . . . . . . .    60 - Gajdusek's "Slow Virus": Infinite Leeway for Explanations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    82 -After World War II: Visible Proof of Viruses? We Don't Need That! . . . . . . . .    83 -The Virus Disaster of the 1970s-and HIV as Salvation in the 1980s    88
Chapter 3 AIDS: From Spare Tire to Multibillion-Dollar Business . . . . . . .... . . .. .. ...    91
-AIDS:WhatExactlyIsIt?.........................................    92
-WhereIstheProofofHIV?........................................    93 -HIV= AIDS? ...................................................    96 -HIV Antibody Tests, PCR Viral Load Tests, CD4 Counts: A£ Uninformative
as a Toss of a Coin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    96
-Drugs, Medicines and Malnutrition Lead to AIDS . . . . . . . . ..............    100
-The Early 1980s: PoppersandAIDSDrugs .. ... ... . ... . ..............    101
-How the "Fast-Lane Lifestyle" Topic Got Out of Sight . . . . . ..............    106
-New York, February 2005: From Super-Drug Consumers to
"Super-AIDS-Virus" Patients.... .... . .. .. . . .. . . . . . . . . ..............    111 7
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-Gallo, 1994: Not HIV, But Sex Drugs Like Poppers Cause AIDS ...........    112 - Der Spiegel: On the Paths of Sensationalistic Journalism    ................    114 -AIDS Is Not a Sexually-Transmitted Disease ..........................    117 - 23 April 1984: Gallo's TV Appearance Carves the Virus Dogma in Stone    ...    120 -New York Times: Chief Medical Reporter Altman's Cozy Relationship With
Epidemic Authorities    ............................................    122 - 1987: Top Experts Take the Stage as Critics of AIDS Orthodoxy . . . ........    123 - 1994: AIDS-Researcher David Ho-as Convincing as a Giraffe with
Sunglasses . ....................................................    126 -The Media Under the Spell of Celebrity Researchers ...................    127 -AIDS Medications: The Fable of Life-Prolonging Effects .................    128 -People as Guinea Pigs ............................................    131 -AZT Study 1987: A Gigantic Botch-Up ...............................    134 -The AIDS Therapy Dilemma    . .....................................    137 -All on AZT: The Deaths of Freddie Mercury, Rudolph Nureyev and
Arthur Ashe ....................................................    141 -Basketball Star "Magic" Johnson: "There Is No Magic in AZT, and No
AZT in 'Magic"' .................................................    142 -Hemophiliacs and AIDS ..........................................    144 -Africa: How Well-Known Diseases are Redefined as AIDS ...............    147
Chapter 4 Hepatitis C: Toxins Such as Alcohol, Heroin, and Prescription Drugs Suffice as Explanations .......................................    153
-HIV Mania: Detonation for Antiviral Hepatitis C Therapy    ...............    153 -How To Create a Hepatitis C Virus ..................................    154 -Hepatitis C Can Also Be Explained Without a Virus ....................    157 -Pamela Anderson: The Virus Industry's Grand Marshall . ................    159
Chapter 5 BSE: The Epidemic That Never Was ...................................    161
-BSE: Prophecies of Horror and Wastes of Money ......................    161 -The Dogma of the Infectious Disease BSE ............................    162 -Activism Feigned for Safety .......................................    164 -The Infection Hypothesis Is Founded on Dubious Experiments . ..........    166 -BSE: A Genetic Defect Due To Inbreeding ............................    168 -BSE as an Effect of Chemical Poisoning . .............................    170 -BSE Is Not an Infectious Disease ...................................    173
Chapter 6 SARS: Hysteria on the Heels of AIDS and BSE .........................    175
-First 9/11, Next the War in Iraq-and then SARS? . . ....................    175 - Critical Thoughts on SARS Epidemiology: How Did Carlo Urbani Really Die?    178 -Antiviral    Therapy:    More    Pain    than    Gain    .    .... .    . .    .....................    181 -SARS: Virus Enemy Not Found    .......... . . ...... . . ................    182
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-Cortisone and Other Steroids: Questionable Effects . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .....    185 -TheTherapeuticDilemmaofOurTime..............................    186 - Guangdong: The High-Tech Revolution's Dirty Secret . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .    187
Chapter 7 H5N1: Avian Flu and Not a Glimmer of Proof    191
-TheMedia: BigPharma'sMegaphone .. .... ... .... .. ... . . ... ... .. . . .    191
-H5N1: No Evidence of Virus Existence and Pathogenic Effect . . . . . . . . . . . .    193 -(NotOnly)FactoryFarmingMakesBirdsSick ........................    196 -GuessworkonRugen ............................................    203 -The Dutch Bird Flu Panic, 2003: Caught in Virus Tunnel Vision    . . . . . . . . . .    204 -RatPoisonsCarryoffBirds........... .............................    206 -OntheDutyToAvoidSeeingWhat'sRightUnderOurNoses ............    206 -More than 150 Dead People-What Really Caused Their Deaths?    . . . . . . . . .    208 -NoReasonforPandemicPanic ....................................    209 -Tamiflu: From Shelf-Warmer to Big Seller-to Death Bringer? . . . . . . . . . . . .    212 -TamifluStudiesandtheProblemofIndependence    .. .. .. . .... .... .. . ..    216 -DonaldRumsfeldMakesGiantProfits...............................    217 -Pandemic 1918: Result of a Virus or the First World War? .. . . .. . ..... .. .    220 -ThePandemicof1918:MysteriousSpread...........................    222 -FailedInfectionAttempts.........................................    226 - Pandemic 1918: Overmedication and Mass Vaccination Campaigns . . . . . . .    228 -Doctors Respond to the Catastrophe With Overwhelming Silence . . . . .. .. .    233
Chapter 8 Cervical Cancer and Other Vaccinations: Policy vs. Evidence . . . . . . . . . . . . .    235
-FluVaccines:DoTheyMakeSense? ............... . . .. .. ..... ..... .    235
-DeadlyImmunity,byRobertF.KennedyJr. ....... .. . . .... ... .. .. .. . .    237 -Fraud, Waste, Bribery-Corruption in the Health Service . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . -HPV Vaccination Against Cervical Cancer: Not Proven Safe and Effective . . .    255 -HPV Vaccine: A Possible Disaster for the Next Generation . . . .. . . . .. .. .. .    260
Epilogue Side Effect-Free Alternatives to Medications and Vaccinations    263
Literature.........................................................    267 Index..........:...................................................    311

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